International and Comparative Education: Contemporary Issues and Debates

Academic in English education is associated with the brain and vocational with the hand. Institutionally, this was played out in traditional class terms with academic higher education (HE) for the professions endorsed by universities over non-academic trade training for manual crafts in colleges of …

The education sector continues to be linked by policy-makers to social mobility, particularly in its role in providing the training and skills associated with workforce development and economic growth (Lubienski, 2009). In this respect, legislators look to cultivate and innovate to find ways of meet…

International and Comparative Education offers detailed and wide-ranging illustrations of the ways in which comparison can illuminate our understanding of contemporary education systems by exploring issues in relation to specific educational sectors, from early-years and primary schooling, through t…